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I don’t ever remember having winter in summer before, but that’s what our weather feels like, at least to me.

Sure the grass looks green, but if you walk on it with bare feet, it’s cold. The leaves should be out by late August, just in time to fall off.

And sorry to say, but the water will not warm up enough to swim in before summer is over. Global warming? Hardly. What the hell is going on?

WHERE’S OUR TEAM?

Despite his youthful energy, Austin Michael Savory, born April 29 at St. Boniface General Hospital, dozed off on his Winnipeg Jets jersey while awaiting the big news that the NHL has actually returned to the ’Peg. Mom Shannon and dad Mike reluctantly admit Austin might have been hitting the bottle a little heavy prior to passing out, but I think we can all relate. How much suspense can a person take? Shannon says Mike, a Jets fan from when he was a kid, is having a tough time riding out the wait as well. Patience people, because when the good news hits, it will all have been so worth it!

SALVATION

Allow me to present you a guaranteed way to warm up and help out some great kids at the same time. June 1 is Camp Day at Tim Hortons, where all donations — and the entire coffee proceeds from the day — will help send kids to camp!

The Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation has six camps in Canada and the U.S., where kids aged nine to 12 attend either a 10-day summer camp session or a seven-day winter camp session, benefitting tremendously from the experience.

Since 1975, more than 150,000 children have attended a Timmy’s Foundation Camp, at no cost to them or their families. Now that’s worth investing in, especially when it warms the bod in return. The life you save could be your own. Can’t make it Wednesday but would still like to help? No problem. Donations can also be made online at sendakidtocamp.com.

Wish somebody would send me to Hawaii.

TEC VOC REUNION

June 1 through June 5 is Reunion Week at Tec Voc High School, with all kinds of fun stuff happening. That includes a basketball tournament Wednesday, a concert and social Friday night in the Tec Voc gym, an open house/dinner dance Saturday, and a farewell breakfast Sunday. Details? Contact the school or go to tecvocalumni.ca.

You might even see former Tec Voc student Fred Turner of Bachman-Turner Overdrive fame “takin’ care of business” at some of these gigs, and if not, catch the big B&T concert Sept. 24 at MTS Centre. Happy times!